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February 11, 2025

 

The Navy’s new AN/ALQ-249(V)1 Next Generation Jammer-Mid Band (NGJ-MB) electronic warfare pods have completed their maiden deployment with an E/A-18G Growler squadron. The pods went on cruise with Electronic Attack Squadron 133 (VAQ-133) to the highly tumulteous Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) last year, with the carrier returning home in time for the holidays. TWZ spoke with two of the top officers involved in the NGJ-MB effort to get a sense of how the pods performed, read their breakdown here.   -- Kyle Gunn The War Zone Must Read Articles F-35 And Su-57 Face Off In India The unprecedented meeting of F-35 and Su-57 comes as the Indian Air Force looks at a range of possible imported combat jets to fulfill pressing needs. READ NOW The Last Mars Flying Boat Just Made Its Final Flight The vintage maritime patrol flying boat turned water bomber's final destination will be the Pima Air and Space Museum. READ NOW Tankers Flood Airspace Off The California Coast For China-Focused Air Combat Exercise The latest Bamboo Eagle exercise reflects plans for ever-larger air combat exercises as part of preparations for a high-end fight with China. READ NOW French Fighters Downed “Nearly A Dozen Drones” In Red Sea Combat As the first Mirage 2000s arrive in Ukraine, the French Air Force confirms that these jets, as well as Rafales, have been used to shoot down Houthi drones. READ NOW Russians Erect Mesh Net ‘Tunnel’ Over A Mile Long To Counter Ukrainian FPV Drones Enclosing an entire roadway in mesh netting is the latest in an ongoing effort to protect against these highly maneuverable weapons. READ NOW From the Archive This Is All The Stuff You Can Hang Out of a C-130’s Rear Paratrooper Doors Various kits use those openings to mount surveillance systems, communications antennas, firefighting gear, and more. READ NOW Hot Shots A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail, center front, is flanked from left to right by a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon, an RAAF F-35A Lightning II, a U.S. Air Force F-35A, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A, a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II and a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet, with a U.S Navy EA-18G Growler behind it while participating in a formation flight over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility during Cope North, Feb. 7, 2025. Army Spc. Zachery Curtiss provides simulated security with a M-19 automatic grenade launcher during Combined Resolve 25-1 in Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 31, 2025. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jakob Benjamin inspects a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft to prepare for Exercise Horizon 25 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Jan. 17, 2025.